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Quirky D.C. Tour |
| So having lived in D.C. for months I decided that I
actually need to go out and see some of the sites. Now I had seen
the traditional sites many times. Both on my 7th grade field trip
to the city and 4 years ago when I lived here for awhile. I
decided therefore to see the quirky side of D.C. this time.
Happily, Krizsa decided to accompany me on this tour. Which of
course made it that much more fun.
The first place we stopped was the Jefferson Memorial. Which in and off itself isn't that quirky of a monument. The only real quirky thing about it is that the center piece of the place, the statue, was really in place till four years after it was dedicated. Mainly due to a bronze shortage during WWII, so they had a plaster version in place that was painted to look bronze. We really stopped here to ask directions from the cops to the Awakening Statue. Also I am a shutter bug, so if you see a lot of pictures of Krizsa, it is because it was hard to take pictures of myself. |
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| The next place we stopped is an actual quirky landmark. It is a statue caller "The Awakening". It represents a 100 foot tall man who has been buried alive and is rising out of the ground. It isn't a well know landmark to people outside of the area and its located at the end of Haines Point near the Jefferson Memorial. Lots of fun to climb all over, though that can be tricky as the usually places to climb have been worn smooth. |
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| Krizsa then got in to the idea of taking pictures of her shadow. Hence 15 mins. of her sitting in a tree taking pictures. Course I didn't mind, was a nice day, and I could take pictures as well, course shadows aren't as interesting. |
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| One of the most interesting statues in the D.C. area has to be 'The Obscure Monument to Lobsterdom". Course that's not its real name even though it didn't list one. I do know that The Camp Fire Girls of Cundys Harbor, Maine, bankrolled this $30,000 lobster/man statue, a replica of one that appeared at the 1939 New York World's Fair. It is in a small park on the water Krizsa really liked it. |
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| So I get us lost looking for the next quirky landmark and drive us all over Southeast D.C. We were looking for the World's Largest Chair. It's a 19-foot chair made of real mahogany. It's on Martin Luther King Ave. in Anacostia. There a kindly woman took our picture together, she was there to see the donkey. Seems she is on a mission to see and take pictures of all 200 elephants and donkeys scattered around D.C. Seems we all have our odd hobbies. |
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| Last but not least really one this tour was Canal plaza something or another in Arlington on the river. Not so much a quirky place but more a fun place to take pictures. Krizsa wanted to go and I owed her after driving her around Southeast D.C. for 2 hours. Hey, we saw a dead rat as well. Fun time had by all. |
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| So we ended up the day at 5 Guys, a burger
place in old town Arlington. I have to say it is one of the best
burgers I have ever had, but the fries were out of this world.
None of your frozen potatoes here. These spuds were fresh.
Really awesome.
So anyway there are more Quirky D.C. Tours coming and you are welcome to come along if you like. Let me know. Some of the places yet to be seen are. The Albert Einstein Memorial If you can think of any other quirky D.C. places, let me know. |